Two Suns Last Light Central Otago Pinot Noir 2025 $tbc From the sub-region of Pisa, which sits at the base of the Pisa Range, around 20kms north of Cromwell, this is an energetic style crammed with smoked raspberry, cranberry, black tea, rhubarb and elevated spices. Crafted by Katie Carter, it’s tightly coiled and very youthful, … Read More
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Two Suns First Light Central Otago Pinot Noir 2025
Two Suns First Light Central Otago Pinot Noir 2025 $tbc Crafted by winemaker Katie Carter from fruit grown in the Pisa sub-region, this is an ultra-fresh, fruit-saturated style of Pinot Noir which has been fermented and matured in tank rather than oak barrels. This has preserved the purity and vibrancy of the fruit, and delivers … Read More
Carrick Excelsior Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022
Carrick Excelsior Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022 $110 Featuring a label painted by Dunedin artist Alice Toomer, the Excelsior is Carrick’s finest example, their flagship Pinot Noir, made only in tiny quantities and only in years winemaker Rosie Jaffe-Menzies deems the fruit supreme enough to warrant it. Which, if you suffer from OCD and want a … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023 $56 Crafted from two vineyard sites that were planted back in the mid 1990s on their own roots, with each vineyard parcel fermented and matured separately in barrel for 10 months with 25% new oak barrels before being blended and aged for a stretch in tank to knit together … Read More
Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Rosé 2025
Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Rosé 2025Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Rosé 2025 $25 I tasted this wine during Māori Language Week, so it was lovely to learn that Tiritiri means ‘to plant and/or cultivate’. And they’ve well and truly planted a thirst for great rosé after releasing this. It’s a rosé crafted from 100% Pinot Noir grown in … Read More
Carrick The Magnetic Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023
Carrick The Magnetic Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023 $80 Youthful and stacked with classic spice saturation, this Bannockburn-grown beauty is crafted using 100% Abel clone fruit (often referred to in New Zealand as the ‘Gumboot Clone’ – google it) to produce a stylish, classy, statuesque style. Soft earthy notes, a lick of roasted rhubarb, baked … Read More
Nuala Central Otago Pinot Noir 2023
Nuala Central Otago Pinot Noir 2023 $38 Softly smoky and showing a fine line of classic rhubarb, scorched fruitwood, baked cherry, gentle pepper and dried thyme flow from the nose to the palate in fine form. Clean, dry, refreshing and yet showing depth, generosity and fine-grained tannins to finish. Nuala
Nuala Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2024
Nuala Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2024 $tbc A smorgasbord of five different Bannockburn-grown Pinot Noir clones has been partially whole-bunch fermented with wild yeasts then blended by winemaker Paul Martung to create a distinctly savoury, exotically spicy and smoke-saturated style that’ll clear the nose and soothe the throat. Roaring with vibrantly classic cherry and … Read More
Carrick Pot De Fleur Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2025
Carrick Pot De Fleur Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2025 $45 Crafted organically from 100% whole-cluster Clone 777 fruit grown in their ‘Triangle’ block, this is the first time winemaker Rosie Menzies has used this block to build the Pot De Fleur. Fermented as whole berries under a CO2 blanket in 4 ‘pots’ that were then … Read More
Misty Cove Rock Daisy Marlborough Pinot Noir 2025
Misty Cove Rock Daisy Marlborough Pinot Noir 2025 $25 Designed with Summer in mind, this is a bright, light, juicy Pinot Noir that’s perky and punchy when popped in the fridge and serve chilled. Named after the native flower clinging to the cliffs of the Marlborough Sounds, it’s crafted in a vibrant Nouveau style and … Read More